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they're going, i don't like all this amount of money spent on this election. campaign finance reform is very important, and i hope somebody does something about it. you should have a given amount, equal amount, equal air time, and that's it. that idea of corporations being people. no, no, it's not -- this is a country of, by, and for the people, not of, by, and for the corporation. you know, it's like -- because i'm so against gmos, the modified food, and i'm so against lobbying by chemical companies, lobbying, and that proposition 37 was bad, and that's scary because the poison in our foods and in the air and they give discretionary polluters. we are having climate change. the republicans don't seem to want to acknowledge that. it's a major problem. you have to be a democrat to understand that or to believe in that. >> have you ever been in love with a republican? >> never. >> could you ever be? >> no. >> really? that's fascinating. >> well, i mean, unless there was an enormous sexual chemistry and i had to -- we never talked about politics maybe, but i can't
they're going, i don't like all this amount of money spent on this election. campaign finance reform is very important, and i hope somebody does something about it. you should have a given amount, equal amount, equal air time, and that's it. that idea of corporations being people. no, no, it's not -- this is a country of, by, and for the people, not of, by, and for the corporation. you know, it's like -- because i'm so against gmos, the modified food, and i'm so against lobbying by chemical...
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you didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. you elected me to tell you the truth. and the truth is, it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades. it will require common effort and shared responsibility and the kind of bold, persistent experimentation that franklin roosevelt pursued during the only crisis worse than this one. and by the way, those of us who carry on his party's legacy should remember that not every problem can be remedied with another government program or dictate from washington. but know this, america. our problems can be solved. our challenges can be met. the path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place. and i'm asking you to choose that future. i'm asking you to rally around a set of goals for your country. goals in manufacturing, energy, education, national security and the deficit. real, achievable plans that will lead to new jobs, more opportunity, and rebuild this economy on a stronger foundation. that's what we can do in the next four years, and that is why i am running for a s
you didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. you elected me to tell you the truth. and the truth is, it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades. it will require common effort and shared responsibility and the kind of bold, persistent experimentation that franklin roosevelt pursued during the only crisis worse than this one. and by the way, those of us who carry on his party's legacy should remember that not every problem can be...
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this is -- presidential elect n elections are about what you've accomplished and where we've been. president obama's commitment tonight was to talk about where we were and have an honest conversation about how far we've come. and the fact that he inherited the largest set of problems of any president since fdr and made decisions that were hard but right, and that this is a president who didn't, just like vice president biden said, that i've got to do what's politically popular. >> i have a couple questions about the speech. one is what bill clinton did last night was talk about the gridlock in washington and bipartisanship. and i think the president didn't do that tonight in a large way, maybe because he doesn't have any hope for it. i don't know. the other question is, was -- and we'll learn it after we see polling, but did he make a connection with the sense of disappointment that people feel? you know, or did president clinton do that? >> i think we are coming out of this convention after three days of electric current building in a crescendo, leaving our delegates and our activ
this is -- presidential elect n elections are about what you've accomplished and where we've been. president obama's commitment tonight was to talk about where we were and have an honest conversation about how far we've come. and the fact that he inherited the largest set of problems of any president since fdr and made decisions that were hard but right, and that this is a president who didn't, just like vice president biden said, that i've got to do what's politically popular. >> i have...
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are you pleased he won the election? >> i'm pleased he won the election. i voted for it, it was a better choice than romney. but both men are operating inside of the concept of the american empire's economy is getting worse. now we just accept it. no one in the argument, in the debate ever question why we have to have such a big military. why we have to have foreign bases. 800 plus bases. and why we -- on top of it, you can talk about what obama said, america is the indispensable nation again. we heard this rhetoric over the years. it's dangerous. we're not indispensable. not god apointed. we should be humble in the face of the prosperity we have. we've used our. we've become like the yankees a bit. a little arrogant. and we're buying what we need. you mentioned petraeus earlier. i said, maybe the concept of using money in afghanistan and iraq to bribe the sunnis not to bribe us. it's a dirty thing that we do abroad. people in america don't know about the dirty wars. >> when you search this. how many military conflicts has america been engaged in, that you
are you pleased he won the election? >> i'm pleased he won the election. i voted for it, it was a better choice than romney. but both men are operating inside of the concept of the american empire's economy is getting worse. now we just accept it. no one in the argument, in the debate ever question why we have to have such a big military. why we have to have foreign bases. 800 plus bases. and why we -- on top of it, you can talk about what obama said, america is the indispensable nation...
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if he's re-elected will he do a better job in this town over the next four years? >> well, that's a great question and people are going to have to make their judgment of it. some people who have read this say he isn't up to the job. others say he definitely is up to the job. he's intellectually engaged. >> do you want to tell us what you say? >> yeah, what i say is there's responsibility on both heads, but presidential leadership matters. and as i cite, as you read, clinton and reagan at the important moments engaged with a kind of stamina and intensity to get important matters done. george w. bush did in fighting the war on terror. and it's too bad for everyone in our country. we actually have a leg up on all the economies in the world, i think, and if we fix this and there was -- insad of the kind of incoherence we see, what's the tax rate going to be, am i going to have a job, is the economy growing, what's the interest rate on my mortgage and so forth, part of the president's job and the speaker and the republican and the whole congress, their job is to give co
if he's re-elected will he do a better job in this town over the next four years? >> well, that's a great question and people are going to have to make their judgment of it. some people who have read this say he isn't up to the job. others say he definitely is up to the job. he's intellectually engaged. >> do you want to tell us what you say? >> yeah, what i say is there's responsibility on both heads, but presidential leadership matters. and as i cite, as you read, clinton...
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let's start with we're three months away from the election. you've been exactly where mitt romney is right now. what is your advice? what is the real strategy at this stage of the battle plan that you think he needs to be most aware of? >> i think it's very obvious, piers, and that's jobs and the economy. most people don't care when mitt romney left bain capital and went to run the olympics and save them or exactly where his tax returns are. so i think the focus obviously is what most americans are caring about now. we do have a very stumbling economy, that's the best description, and so jobs in the economy, jobs in the economy. i feel very strongly about some national security issues which you and i will be talking about later on. and i wish more americans were involved in these national security issues. but it's understandable that jobs and the economy is the key to winning the election in november. >> given that it's going to be about the economy, i completely concur with that, clearly, a lot of attention, now, on mitt romney's business rec
let's start with we're three months away from the election. you've been exactly where mitt romney is right now. what is your advice? what is the real strategy at this stage of the battle plan that you think he needs to be most aware of? >> i think it's very obvious, piers, and that's jobs and the economy. most people don't care when mitt romney left bain capital and went to run the olympics and save them or exactly where his tax returns are. so i think the focus obviously is what most...
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they say every election is a crucial election. i'm not of that -- i think that's -- yes, it's crucial but clearly in four years, obviously a lot can't get done in four years anyway so even if worse came to worse and we had this guy for four years, would any of the things he said he would do actually happen? i doubt it. i doubt it would be that easily affected. i think you do need two terms as a president. i think obama has to have two terms to prove what he can do. >> i always think about that, that four years is probably never enough for anybody to do very much as president. if you come in, the first thing you do is get a whole new staff, you get a whole new thing going, you start to try and bring in policies and then just at the moment some of them are coming to fruition you're either in again or you're out. eight years seems to me, unless the president, the incumbent is so useless that he has to go, really, you need that length of time. >> i agree. like we were saying backstage, if it wasn't for the 22nd amendment, is it, that
they say every election is a crucial election. i'm not of that -- i think that's -- yes, it's crucial but clearly in four years, obviously a lot can't get done in four years anyway so even if worse came to worse and we had this guy for four years, would any of the things he said he would do actually happen? i doubt it. i doubt it would be that easily affected. i think you do need two terms as a president. i think obama has to have two terms to prove what he can do. >> i always think about...
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i would love it see the president, maybe now it's too late, until after the election, if he is re-elected, to call republicans and democrats together. if romney is elected, call republicans and democrats together. you are seeing the rise of the independent voter in this country. i don't know exactly what is going to happen. but the dissatisfaction with both parties is palpable. >> you have been very vocal about fund-raising. for parties of candidates. i interviewed justice scalia last night and he was fascinating. he said under freedom of speech, the power to raise as much money as you want. to express your freedom of speech. what do you think of that? >> i think that it's very unique interpretation of the real world, to say that money is speech. very brief anecdote. when jack kennedy assembled his candidate after he was elected and it was the best and bright nest america. and they went to lindon johnson and they said, what do you think of this. the most brave people in the world. he said, i just wish one of them would have run for county sheriff. i just wish one of these five would have
i would love it see the president, maybe now it's too late, until after the election, if he is re-elected, to call republicans and democrats together. if romney is elected, call republicans and democrats together. you are seeing the rise of the independent voter in this country. i don't know exactly what is going to happen. but the dissatisfaction with both parties is palpable. >> you have been very vocal about fund-raising. for parties of candidates. i interviewed justice scalia last...
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it was an election pledge. he will think, okay, one for the new gipper. but he's got to give john boehner something else. he's got to give him something he can take back to his faithful and say i've got something too. >> i'm going to start using gipper too. yes, i think he will get his bit there, but i think he will have to give, absolutely. it's going to be a compromise in the end. honestly, this is classic negotiation 101. they're going to wait until the last minute so they can both say to their side, hey, look, we fought this tooth and nail all the way up to the end and then we got our piece. so it's not surprising. you look at any of the past legislative issues, it always pushes to the last minute because that's how it's done. that's how you keep everybody happy. >> and it does seem unbelievably childish. but there you are. >> and hopefully some punches and a dance at the end. >> the ukraine-style punchout. >> that's right. >> the british way. margaret hoover, marjorie, thank you very much indeed. >>> warren buffett's son, howard, joins us to talk abo
it was an election pledge. he will think, okay, one for the new gipper. but he's got to give john boehner something else. he's got to give him something he can take back to his faithful and say i've got something too. >> i'm going to start using gipper too. yes, i think he will get his bit there, but i think he will have to give, absolutely. it's going to be a compromise in the end. honestly, this is classic negotiation 101. they're going to wait until the last minute so they can both say...